17-May-2008 -- Leaving Camocin, CE in direction to Paraniba, PI; Setsuko and I decided to visit 3S41W since road CE364 passed at 2.2 km of it.
We found a dirt track, quite covered by the vegetation, in direction of the Confluence and we made in on the vehicle up to 990m. From there, walking was the only option. With a machete as we continued some meters and soon we found the continuation of the track. We deviated from the track where if was flooded.
At 600 m from the point there was another pond, this one about 150m long. I went to check the depth and in some parts it was waist high. Imprudently, I asked Setsuko to go back and wait for me in the vehicle, and I moved on. After the pond things improved.
After a house the vegetation became denser and I still had 30 m to get zeroes. Again, the machete helped me and I took the photos of the GPS and the cardinal points.
On the way back it rained quite hard and I was drenched from head to toes. At the place where we had left the car I could hear Setsuko calling me, at a few meters, where she was lost. She could not find the way back to the car since the vegetation looked the same all around and no sun to help her get oriented.
After hearing my call she appeared, also soaking wet. It would have been safer if she had crossed the flooded part with me or waited at the exact point where we separated. To hunt confluences is a great adventure but we cannot be careless.